Copy-holder.



PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

P. E. WHITAKER.

COPY HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED YEB.19,1006.

- IUNITEI) STATES.

FREDERICK E. WHITAKER, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

PATENT OFFICE. I

COPY-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 19, 1906. Serial No. 301,829.

Patented June 19, 1906.

-AKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Copy-Holders;

and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the figures of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, aperspective view, on a reduced scale, of a copy-holder constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, 'a sectional view on line 0 d of Fig. 3 Fig. 3, a sectional view on the line a b of Fig. 2 looking to the. right; Fig.4, a-sectional view through one of the journal-boXes.

This invention relates to an. improvemen in copy-holders, and particularly to that class which comprise a table suitably mounted upon a standard and provided with a pair of rollers between which a copy may be passed, the object of this invention being a simple and convenient arrangement of parts whereby a thick or thin document may be readily passed between the rolls and moved thereby up or down on the table; and the invention consists in the construction, as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claims.

In carryin out my invention I employ a board or tab e 2, suitably mounted upon a stand or pedestal 3, in which it is adjustably mounted and also in which it may be turned so as to tip the table to any desired angle. Above the center of the table is a. transverse slot 4, the upper edgeof the slot being turned inward, forming an inclined. lip 5. Over the slot 4 is a roller 6, mounted. in suitable brackets 7, secured to the face of the table, and at one end. the roll is provided with a knob or button 8. Secured to the under face of the table directly below the brackets 7 and secured by the same means as is the brackets 7 are journal-boxes 9, inclosing j ournal-bearings 10, in which are mounted the ends of a roll 11, which is parallel with the roll 6 and, I

like that roll, is covered with rubber or other suitable material. At one end this roll 11 is provided with a knob or button 12, by which it can be conveniently revolved. Secured to the bearings 10 are stems '13, which pass through the journal-boxes 9 and terminate in heads 14. 'Betweenthe heads is a shaft- 15, having eccentric trunnions '16 and 17, which have bearings in the heads, the ends of the shaft resting against the endsof the jourrial-boxes 9, and to the trunnion 17, which projects beyond the head 14, is attached a knob 18. This shaft is held in close contact with the ends ,of the journal-boxes 9 by springs 19 on the stems 13, the springs not only holding the shaft in contact with. the journal-boxes, but also force the roller 11 against the roller 6. Secured to the brackets 7 above the roller 6 is a straight edge or ruler 20 ,which is positioned above the lip 5.- Pref- .erably and as herein shown a wire guide 21 will be secured to'the face of the board above the rollers and beneath which copy may pass. i

In use the sheet or manuscript to be copied will be entered between the rollers from below and by turning the knob 8 it will be fed upward between the rolls and below the straight edge 20, by which alinement can be secured. As the work is copied line by line it may be convenientlyfed upward by turn-- ing the knob 8 or, if more convenient, the knob 12, which is attached to the lower roll. For a single sheet the rolls would not be materially se arated from each other; but if a number 0 sheets are inserted the roll 11 will move away from the roll 6 against the pressure of the spring 19, and thus permit a number-of sheets to be passed between the rolls. To conveniently insert a thick document, it is desirable to move the roll 11 away from the roll 6, and this may be done by turning the knob 1 8, which rotates the shaft 1 5, which, I

knob 18 will be turned to allow the springs 19/ to react and exerttheir force against the roll 11 to force it against the roll 6. The copy as it is moved upward passes below the guide 21, which prevents its falling forward. A docu ment of any size can, therefore, be conveniently held in view andmoved line by line, to which the eye is guided by the straight edge 20.

I claim 1. A copy-holder comprising a table adjustably mounted upon a standard, said table formed with transverse slots, brackets secured to the face of said table at the ends of said slots, a roller mounted in said brackets, journal-boxes secured to the under face of ITO said table, journal-blocks mounted therein, a second roller mounted in said j ournal-b1ocks, stems connected. with said blocks and extending through said boxes, said stems formed with heads at their outer ends, springs in said boxes around said stems, a shaft between said heads having eccentric trunnions entering said heads, said. shaft bearing upon the outer ends of said boxes and knobs secured to one end of said rollers and shaft, substantially as described.

2. A copy-holder comprising a table adjustably mounted upon a standard, said table formed with a transverse slot the upper edge of which is turned inward, brackets secured to the face of said table at the ends of said slot, a roller mounted in said brackets, a straight edge secured to said brackets above said roller, ournal-boxes secured to the under face of said table, journal-blocks mounted therein, a second roller mounted. in said journal-blocks, stems connected with said blocks and extending through said boxes, said stems formed with heads at their outer ends, springs in said boxes around said stems, a shaft between said heads having eccentric trunnions entering said heads, said shaft bearing upon the outer ends of said boxes, and knobs secured to the ends of said rollers and to the end. of said shaft, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK E. WHITAKER.

Witnesses FRANK M. LOVEJOY, THoMAs W. KEENAN. 

